REVISITED: June 5, 2012
Hi guys! Well, Mother Know Best has been here for a year already with 35 reviews and 13 chapters. I thought it was about time the previous chapters get a second visit from me and get re-written. I'm trying to remain as faithful as I can to the original first 13 chapters, but they are subjected to change, teehee~
This drabble was originally 315 words. I've changed the way the words flow, but the speech and the main point is still the same. Spelling errors have been corrected as well. If there are STILL mistakes, do tell me right away.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kateikyoushi. Amano-Sensei does. The only thing I own is Hibari Suzuki and some concepts.
Word count: 510
Drabble 1: When a Mother Conceives
She was pregnant. That was a given fact.
The child in her womb is her second child. She knew that as her fingers traced little hearts on her swollen belly. Her fingers were not the only ones on her belly, though. He husband was tracing little shapes as well, while her first born was simply trying to listen in to whatever the baby might be doing. It was a known fact that the newest addition to their family would be a male-the ob-gyne had said so on her last visit. The only reason they were all gathered into their family living room with her lying on the couch was for once sole reason: to name the baby. The woman was only prompted to do so when her husband, Hibari Raizen, had thought it was finally time to give him a name so they wouldn't have to come up with one on the spot when the child was born. They were all silent as they thought; the air quite calm and reassuring.
"Have you thought of a name yet, Suzuki?" The breadwinner of the family questioned, casting a curious glance at his wife. "I was thinking of naming him Yusuke." Her admitted before the mother could reply, having silent hopes that maybe his son would follow his footsteps to become a famous surgeon. Of course, he'd train himself. Raizen was the best in the field right now, after all.
And Suzuki pauses from her little finger drawings to think." Hibari Yusuke…" She stated out loud, saying the suggested name of her child-to-be. "It sounds alright but I wanted something more…meaningful." She admitted with a shake of her head. Her daughter (the first born) did not want to miss out on the fun of naming a baby and was the first to shriek.
"Zuko! Let's name him Zuko!"
And the couple laughs, before Raizen ruffles his daughter's hair. "No, Sakura." He said. "Hibari Zuko would sound strange." It was well known in this small family that Sakura would often watch those foreign cartoons. Her favourite one was the one about the Legend of that Last air bender called Aang. Apparently, her favourite character was Zuko. They were silent afterwards.
"Kyouya."
The steel grey eyes of the husband and the lush brown ones of the daughter trained themselves on the woman, curious on the sudden name she had stated.
"I was thinking of naming him Kyouya." She repeated the name she had thought of out loud for them to hear. It was in no time that Sakura bursts into a smile and nods vigorously, her brown hair tickling her mother's belly. Raizen, on the other hand, simply shrugged. "I could agree with that. If matched with the name Hibari, it would mean Skylark, I believe." He said rather matter-of-factly. "Skylarks are beautiful birds." He added as a supplemental, yet pointless statement.
"Kyouya it is, then." A name was finally branded on the unborn child. In five months, he would be born. In five months, they'll see the beautiful baby. Their little Kyouya.